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 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:25 pm
”Daddy… Daddy… hey daddy…” Altxorra whispered into his ear, pushing on his cheek. It was very early morning. Hours from daybreak. But she had been woken up by a foot in her face and she really wanted to stretch her legs. Of course, she wouldn’t wander off without any of her dads. And Zerrin was the more... pushover dad, in her opinion. Less likely for him to get annoyed about being woken up.
Grumbling under her breath, she put her head against his, as hard as she could, and then stumbled back. That had hurt! Shaking the daze, she blinked away the bright spots she was seeing.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:04 pm
Zerrin had been happily enjoying a snooze in the warmth of the families den. He was happier here but it would be naive to think that Zerrin was fully happy. The cubs had helped with his self loathing but the golden lion had fallen quite far from his crown and grace. But there it was. A small voice that gained a small secret smile from the golden male. He decided to continue to pretend he was asleep to see what little Altxorra would do to wake him up. He ended up regretting that when her skull met his. "OW" That was a little louder than he had expected. It was a little embarrassing being a grown male yelping when a cub head butts but it really had hurt. "Are you okay Altxorra? That sure was hard." He was now pretending to never had reacted in such a manner as yelping and now banking on the dad act.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:29 pm
Altxorra rubbed her forehead with her paw, wincing, before looking up at her father. The noise he made had her worriedly look towards the rest of her family. She wasn’t up to sharing Zerrin’s attention at this time, after all.
”Shhh, daddy you’ll wake them!” she whispered to him frantically, but nodding to let him know she was alright. Quietly, she picked her way closer, giving him a large eyed look that she hoped would work. ”Can we go walking? I can’t sleep,” she told him, pouting.
She definitely didn’t think her headbutt would hurt that bad, either. Alt tilted her head, pouting, tail flicking for a moment. ”Are… are you okay?” she asked unsurely.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:33 pm
"Well of course I'm okay. Don't worry about good ol' dad ~ " Zerrin managed a cheesy unsure smile. He was partly telling the truth as he was okay now but that little cubs head sure had hurt when she'd gone and head butted him. "A walk? S-sure. But we gotta be quick out the den before your siblings notice and it turns in to a hassle." Zerrin kept his voice low as he talked. "Come on now ~" The golden lion disappeared out the mouth of the cave with out another thought about it.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:18 pm
Alt gave him a doubtful look. Perhaps it was the wrong idea to wake up daddy. Papa or Pops may have been better… but they may have taken being woken up not as lightly. Grinning excitedly that he agreed to her request, she picked her way past her family and towards the mouth of the cave, following the golden lion.
When she got out into the cooler night, she stretched and took in a deep breath. ”It’s so different at night!” she whispered excitedly, listening to the silence. She giggled and moved closer to Zerrin. ”Can we go for a run?” she asked, nuzzling against his leg for a moment before rushing to his other side excitedly.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:23 pm
"A run?" Zerrin couldn't help but nervously chuckle, "Where do you want to go in a hurry? Why don't you try looking up at the sky?" The golden lion stretched his head back and observed the stars above. "Aren't they magical?" He couldn't help but admire them. "But seriously, where do you gotta go in such a hurry?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:34 pm
She didn’t want to look up at the sky. She wanted to run, to feel the wind, to explore the night. But sighing, she sat and looked up at the sky with him. What he said confused her, because it was very much not like what her papa said. ”Papa says that the stars are cowards and that pebbles are better anyways,” she said with a shrug, summing up their conversation in the way she understood it. ”Maybe I should collect some pebbles for him later… he seems to like them.” Much of what Bast’ion had said went over her head. There was a meaning she was supposed to get, she knew. But… she didn’t know what.
At Zerrin’s question, she shrugged again. ”No where special. We don’t ever get to explore when everyone’s asleep. I thought it’s got to be exciting, being the only ones having an adventure.”
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:38 pm
"Stars are ... Pebbles...?" He wasn't sure what Alt was saying but he was pretty sure if he heard it from Bast'ion he still wouldn't understand what was being said. It sounded like a bunch of childish banter and Bast'ion had grown more impulsive and childish since they left their pride which had Zerrin concerned. Especially since they had cubs to look after now. But Zerrin would worry about that later. "Oh well... I guess we could explore. Have an adventure. Find some treasure even." Zerrin was doing his best to play on her cubbish wonder. "Lead the way and I'll follow." He puffed out his chest quite proud of how he handled that. It was good parenting as far as he was concerned.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:43 pm
”Cowards, stars are cowards. Daddy, weren’t you listening to me?” she asked with a disgruntled look, shaking her head to mimic the disappointment adults sometimes did. ”You’re supposed to listen, y’know,” she told him with a dramatic shy.
However, her fake disappointment was completely diminished when he agreed to have an adventure with her. And excitement mounted at finding treasure. In fact, she was now expecting to find treasure. ”Alright! Let’s find treasure!” she hooted, before trotting off in a random direction. Towards where she thought water was, actually. Maybe they could find a pretty and glittery pebble.
A root caught her foot and she yelped, before mumbling ”sons’a’bitches” under her breath because that seemed oddly right. It seemed the ground was much harder to see in the dark.
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:03 pm
"Cowards? Where'd you hear a thing like that?" Zerrin raised a brow. He was pretty sure that he knew where she'd heard such a thing but the golden lion still couldn't help but ask. Bast'ions daughters were after all Bast'ions daughters so he figured there would be some brain twinning there but he hadn't expected it to come out in such a way. And then Alt cursed. "Okay now I KNOW where you heard that. Alt. You can't be saying stuff like that. It's not the kind of language a cub should know or be exposed to." He was pretty mad but was doing a good job pronouncing each word carefully and keeping the anger out of his voice. Alt may have been Bast'ions biological daughter but by gods Zerrin did most of the raising himself. "You realize because of what you said we have to turn back. Adventure canceled and I'm having a word with Bast'ion on this." He had to be the fuddy duddy because no one else seemed to want to do the actual parenting. Zerrin was a regal lion who wanted to pass what manners he could to these girls but it seemed to be a lost cause some times.
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:14 pm
Oh no, she had done it now. Eyes widening, she scrambled towards Zerrin in a slight panic. He was mad at her and she didn’t want him to be mad at her. Or at papa. ”I’m sorry, daddy! I won’t say it again,” she vowed earnestly, trying to step in front of him.
”Please don’t get mad at papa. He didn’t mean what he said, promise!” she told him quickly, ears flat in worry. She didn’t like when her daddy got upset, even if he didn’t seem as angry as others. It was because he didn’t yell that she felt even worse about disappointing him. ”Please, can’t we stay out for just some more minutes?”
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:18 pm
The tears. By the gods those tears had Zerrin melting on the inside. He did his best not to show weakness on the outside but it was hard not to rush to Alts aid and take back the punishment. But hey, maybe a few more moments wouldn't hurt. "Five. Five more minutes and then we're getting you back to the cave." He didn't want to upset her further about this so he didn't persist talking about the talking to he was going to have with Bast'ion later. He'd keep that part to him self and allow her these five sweet minutes of freedom.
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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:27 pm
Alt brightened up considerably over the fact that Zerrin was giving her more time. Not only that but maybe he wouldn’t get mad at papa now! Smiling brightly, she rubbed against his leg for a moment before hopping a few steps away, plopping on the ground so she can look up at the stars. Five more minutes and then it was time to try and sleep again. She gave a happy sigh, the calmness of the night easily inviting the feeling for sleep.
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